At 09:13 AM 4/11/97 -0700, you wrote:
>I think/hope the house wren in my yard has moved into the chickadee (oh
>well) box. S/he drove off a chickadee the other day.
>
>Anyone else having couples settling down? What are you seeing? Do you
>encourage the birds by leaving bits of down & other fluffy stuff in your
>yard? What have you used?

Hi Irene!

We have success putting out duck feathers (they love the left-over breast
feathers from the duck nests) and dog hair.

The Mockingbirds are nesting right across the street and I'm trying to
locate the exact place the nest is in. They are becomming Holy terrors dive
bombing. They haven't progressed to the Kamakazi-people attack stage yet,
but they're making life miserable for the Scrub Jay couple who must cross
their territory to reach our feeder.
>
Ain't spring fun?

Peggi
Ben & Peggi Rodgers
Aptos, CA (near Santa Cruz 122 W, 37 N)
USA
woodduck at cruzio.com


"A bird does not sing because it has an answer,
It sings because it has a song"